• Song:

    Drunk On The Moon

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

I can't believe this is nowhere to be found on the web. Well, there's one guy on 
but the only thing he gets right are the words. So yeah. It's not an easy tab, and I'm not even 
to go near that insane solo saxophone bit. This is just the basic chord 
progression driving the song.

In my opinion this sounds much better without hitting any open strings.. most of the time.

It's in 6/8 time. Or 3/4. I never get that right.

Intro
| Cmaj7 Dbm7b5 | Dm7 Ebdim7 |
| Em7 Fmaj7 | E7 Am7 |
| Fmaj7 F7 | Em7 A7 |
| Dm7 G9 | Cmaj7 C7 |
| Bm7 E7 | Am Am7/G D7sus2/F# |
| Fmaj7 F7 | Em7 A7 |
| D9 G9 | Em7 A7 |
| D9 G9 |


Cmaj7              Dbm7b5       Dm7       Ebdim7
Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift
           Em7    Fmaj7
'Neath the cement stroll
          E7       Am7
Catch the midnight drift
Fmaj7         F7
Cigar chewing Charlie
        Em7           A7
In that newspaper nest
         Dm7            G7
grifting hot horse tips
         Cmaj7            C7
On who's running the best

        Bm7            E7
And I'm blinded by the neon
Am            Am7/G      D7sus2/F#
Don't try and change my tune
Fmaj7                      F7
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
    Em7          A7    D9 G9 Em7 
D9 G9
I'm drunk on the moon

Cmaj7                   Dbm7b5
And the moon's a silver slipper
             Dm7       Ebdim7
It's pouring champagne stars
Em7               Fmaj7
Broadway's like a serpent
        E7             Am7
Pulling shiny top-down cars
Fmaj7      F7
Laramer is teeming
          Em7        A7
With that undulating beat
         Dm7           G9
And some Bonneville is screaming
         Cmaj7           C7
It's way wilder down the street

        Bm7            E7
And I'm blinded by the neon
Am            Am7/G      D7sus2/F#
Don't try and change my tune
Fmaj7                      F7
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
    Em7          A7    D9 G9 Em7 
D9 G9
I'm drunk on the moon

Cmaj7              Dbm7b5
Hearts flutter and race
    Dm7           Ebdim7
The moon's on the wane
Em7                Fmaj7
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
    E7         Am7
The night will ordain
Fmaj7             F7
Come schemers and dancers
Em7           A7
Cherry delight
     Dm7             G9
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
       Cmaj7                 C7
And it cuts through the night


         Bm7                 E7
And I've harked all my yesterdays
Am            Am7/G      D7sus2/F#
Don't try and change my tune
Fmaj7                      F7
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
    Em7          A7    D9 G9 Em7 
D9 G9 Ab6/9
I'm drunk on the moon


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The way I play the chords

A7 5x565x
Am x02210
Am7/G 302010
Am7 575555
Ab6/9 4x334x
Cmaj7 x35453
Dbm7b5 x4545x
D7sus2/F# 2x0210
D9 x5455x
Dm7 x57565
Ebdim7 x67575
E7 x79797
Em7 x79787
Fmaj7 x8(10)9(10)8
F7 x8(10)8(10)8
G7 3x343x
G9 3x323x
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